GENERAL CABLES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3321, 28 October 1919, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

AUSTR'.AIuflAN' AIR. IFILIGHTL ' MATTHEWS DELAYED. . Received 9.30 a.ln. LONDON, ‘Oct, 27. Capbain Matthews has been delayed at -Cologne -by fog, and was unable to resume his flight to Australia. DROUGHT IN AFRICA. « WORST FOR FIFTY YEARS. CAPETO-‘WN, Oct. 26. The drought throughout the Union except in the coastal belt is assuming an alarming aspect. It is d'escribed as the worst for fifity years. Official estimates place the shortage of production at 33 per een«t., and as imports are restriqted owing flo W-ornld shortage, the position is more serious “than in former years of drought,

WORLD’S‘ SC"ULL]IN‘G- [_U«I-lA;'M.P{ION- * SHIP. ; WON BY FELTON. Received 9.30 a..m. E LONDON, Oct. 27. ' Felton (Australian Challenge}-) beat F Barry (holder) by eight} lengths in the 3 race for the Word's sculling championi ship this afternoon. ' DESCRIPTION OF THE RACE. Received 11.10 a.m. ‘ ) LONDON, Oct. 27. 1 The sculling champiqnship was rowed in ajhard northwest Wind. Felton taking advantage of ‘the smoother waters on the Middlesex shore, led by ten lengths at the end of a mile. This he maintained throughout, rowing strongly and well, Barry being unable to make any impression. LORD JELLICOE. ARRIVAL AT HONOLULU. HONOLULU, Oct. 24 Admiral Jellicoe has arrived. Aeroplanes droppedflowers on the warship, which was given an enthusiastic re-A ception_

DUTOH STEAMER MINEAD.

NORTH SEA DISASTER.

LONDON, Oct. 26.

The Dutch_stAea-Dlefflollander, while trading in the North Sea, struck a. mine, which had eviaénfly broken adrift from one ‘of th'e great minefields, sown during the War. .

The explbsipn tnrgia -tremendous gap in the side of the vessel, Which filled and sank in a few minutes.

It was impossible to launch a.-11 th'e boats before the vessel .sa+nk_, while rsome of those below were’ finablc to reach the deck. Only four of a total ‘crew of 24 were saved, all the rest being either killed by the explosion or I drowned. ~

FATHER O"-TDON~NELL’S ARREST.

CONFINED i'N TOWER OF LONDON.

T ‘ Received 9.20 am. -LONDON,’ Oct. 27.

An Australian escort conveyed Father o’Donnel] -to the Tower of London, where he has been placed under open arrest in connectiomwith charges arising out of his '\7'l‘sLit to: Ireland.

LORD FRENCH’S BOOK‘

A FIERCE CONDEMNATION.

LORD FRENCH ROUGHLY HANDLED.

LONDON, Oct. 24

The Hon. J. W. Fortesque, -official historian of the war, in reviewing Lord Frenchfs book in -the Quarterly Review, created a sensation by making an attack upon ‘Lord French. He says: “This is one of the most unfortunate books ever written_ On the 26th of August, 1914, Lord French and his staff completely lost their heads, and in ‘a vain endeavour to conceal this, Lord French .-has taken leave of all sense ‘of accuracy, and descends to mis-statements and misrepresentations of the clumsiest kind in order to injure the reputation of a subordinate who is forbidden to defend h,inlself. Coming from one in Lord French's position, this brings shame and dishonour -upon the whole army.” Mr Fortescue says: “When General Grierson died, Lord French Vxvanted General Plummer to succeed, but Lord Kitchener preferred to send General SmithDorricn. Thereby hangs _a sorry tale. An unsavoury incident is the fact that in a despatch of September 7th Lo-rid French gave General Smith-Dorrien full credit for his cool courage in accepting battle. at Le Cateau. He now would have us believe that General Slnith—Dorrien ‘was onlyfopposed by cavalry. Lord French also says that 14,000 men and eighty guns were lost, whereas the real figures show a loss of 8000 men and thirty-six guns_ There is ignorance as well as malice in this portion of the narrative.’ Mr Fortescue continues: “Lord French, long before the battle of Le Cateau, decided to hurry back to Noyon, leaving his army to look after itself, for a day or two‘ Happily Von Kluck marched southwest across the rear of the second corps, so that the British continued to retreat unmolested/«’ ,

AMERICAN MINERS’ STRIKE.

VVASHINGTON, Oct. 264

A committee of the miners’ strike conferred with a committee of the Railroad Brotherhood to consider the alliance of the two ‘unions in order to secure na'tionalisa.tion of the mines ::~.nd railroads. ' L

The public. group of Lhe Industrial <folli:'el-ence has decided to draw up a report, submit it to President NVilson, ::.n«1 then adjourn. ’ President Wilson addressed a letter to the miners requesting them to enter a.n unreserved conference. In the event of the dispute not being S"sttlßd it should be referred to a board of arbit_ration in order to prevent the extension of the strike.

PREMIER’S LIBEL SUIT.

LONDON, Oct. 26

The libel suit brought by Merton and Co., the copper firm, against Mr nW. M. Hughes, Premier'of the Commonwealth, was inention-1.3 in the Chief Justice’s Court to-day. Mr Stuart Bevin, on behalf of Mr Hughes, applied for a. postponement .of the hearing. He said that since July 8 defendants had been sifting a thousisand documents,. of which many were German and French. Their accouzib ants were now examining the books, and this would take a few more months. The defence rested largely on documents in plantiff’s possession. The defence wanted Mr Hughes in London for the trial. Mr Hogg, on behalf of Martens, agreed to a reasonable postponement. He‘ desired to see Mr Hughs in the witness-box. The Chief Justice ordered the case to ‘be mentioned in January, and said that Mr Hughes was at the present moment engaged in most important public affairs, and tlle.Court must consider his conveifience regarding his return

AMERICA’S SHARP NOTE T 0 T 0 MEXICO..

Received 11.30 21.111

WASHINGTON, Oct. _ 25.

The ‘State D.epartment has sent a Note to Mexico, denlal_lding that the Govermne,n?; shall bring about the immediate release of .the United Sta't—e's Consular ofiicer, JCllkillS‘..‘\‘7hO hasvbeerf captured by bandits, who are demanding 150_.000 dollars ransom. The State Department points out to Mexico that she must pay fhe ransom, if necessary.